Fire starter



Aug. 1l. 1925. 1,549,629

DE VERE w. TERPENEY FIRE STARTER Filed Feb. 6, 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 11, 1925.

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DE VERE VJ'. TERPENEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FIRE STARTER.

Application filed February 6, 1925.

To all whom t may 00a-cera.'

Be it known that I, DE VERE W. TER- rnNnY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire Starters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for igniting coal orother fuel in heating furnaces without the use of kindling, charcoal orkerosene, consisting in subjecting the coal or other fuel 'to an intensegas {iame from a burner pipe whereby ignition is accomplished.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tapered forwardend portion which includes longitudinally extending radially disposedapertured ribs which owing to their peculiar configuration will allow agreater volume or spread of flame when inserted in the fuel or the likeso that the fire will be more quickly started.

A further obj ect of the invention is the provision of a novel form oftool which owing to its simplicity of construction and novel arrangementof parts, may be easily and readily attached to a hot water heater pipewhich is arranged adjacent the heating furnace and readily and easilyattached thereto whereby the fire starter may be positioned adjacent thedraft opening in the front of the furnace in order that it may bereadily and easily inserted therein.

With the above and other objects in view,

f" the invention further includes the following novel features anddetails of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention with the igniting meansattached therewith.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the starter per se.

Figure 8 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1. ,I

Figure t is a similar view taken on line 1 -4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates aburner pipe which tapers toward its forward end portion and includesthereon a pointed end 11 and a plurality of longitudinally extendingradially disposed aper- Serial No. 7,351.

tured ribs 12 arranged adjacent the pointed end 11 thereof. The oppositeend of the pipe 10` is cross sectioned concaved at 13 and includesthereon a coiled wire which acts as a heat insulating handle for thetool. The rear end portion of the pipe 10 is pointed as at 15 andincludes a plurality of elongated slots around the outer sides thereofand which slots are adapted to selectively register with correspondinglyshaped slots l arranged in a cap member 16 including an inwardlyextending annular flanged portion 17 which engages over the enlargedportion of the rear end portion 15 of the pipe 10 whereby the cap 16 maybe held against accidental displacement on the rear end of the pipe 10whereby the slots 18 therein may be brought into selective registrationwith corresponding slots arranged in the rear end of the pipe 10 wherebyproper air inlet is assured for the mixture of a gas therein. In orderto provide gas inlet means for the pipe 10 I provide a relatively shortpipe 19 which is threadedly secured as at 2O within the rear end 15 ofthe pipe 10 and which has secured to the opposite end thereof a iieXibletube 21 having a pet cock 22 connected to lthe opposite end thereof andwhich in turn includes a screw cap 23 whereby the tool may be connectedor associated with a .gas pipe 24@ through the instrumentality of theT-shaped pipe 25 which has its upper end portion threadedly securedwithin the screw cap 23.

It will thus be seen that upon turning on of the gas to the pet cock 22that the gas will enter through the flexible tube 21, the pipe 19, intothe rear end 15 of the pipe 10 and upon turning or rotating the cap 16upon the rear end 15 thereof it will be seen that a proper air mixturemay be determined as indicated by the color of the blaze emitted fromthe forward end portion of the pipe 10l which would be preferably bluein order to facilitate heating and owing to the pointed portion 11 uponthe forward end portion of the pipe 10, it will be clearly apparent thatthe tool may be easily and readily inserted within a draft or otheropening provided in the furnace whereby the said tool may be insertedwithin` the fire bed of the furnace and left in its position in orderthat the iire may be started without the use of kindling, charcoal,kerosene and the like, whereby a person may form a bed of coal withinhis furnace and not smoke up the adjoining` neighborhood with the sinokeof trash, wood and the like generally used in starting iires.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its forni,proportions and in-inor details of construction and the right is hereinreserved to inake such changes as properly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described iny invention what is claimed is:

A liire starter of the character described comprising ay forwardlytapered pipe having a. relatively sharp forward end portion, apluralitywof longitudinally extending radially disposed apertured ribsprovided adjacent the forward end `portion of the pipe, a constrictedportionv 'provided adjacent the rear end of the pipe,'a coil oi wiresurrounding said constricted portion forming a handle, the rear end ofthe pipe being substantially pointed and including a plurality ofelongated air inlet openings therein, a cap ineniber received on'thisend and including an inwardly extending annular flange portion whichextends over the enlarged inner portion of the rear end and including aplurality of correspondingly shaped registering air inlet openingstherein, a relatively short pipe extending rearwardly troni the rear endof the pipe, and 'uel inlet ineans conn cted to this pipe whereby theinixer of the fuel emitted troni the forward end portion oi the burnerpipeinay be determined.

ln testimony whereof I arl'ix niy signature.

DE VERE W. TERPENEY.

